Chapter 37: There is no escape

"What?"

It was very rare for Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu to shout so out of shape.

Compared to Captain Marlough and Captain Flagg, this female officer is actually more like a real soldier. Loyal to orders, loyal to the mission, even at the cost of his own life.

Even if this loyalty is fundamentally untenable in terms of the overall view of right and wrong, she has never changed her original intention and her will to obey.

But such a real soldier is so out of shape at the moment.

"That's just the way it is."

Captain Flagg shook his head helplessly, in fact, he was shocked for a long time when he received this information.

"The Altmis Spaceport has fallen on my way here, and it is said that it was a special operation carried out by Zaft."

As the strongest military space port in Earth orbit, it is also the last military spaceport. Unexpectedly, because of Zaft's attack, such news is definitely enough to deeply damage the morale of the Earth Alliance, because it also means that in the future, the Earth Union will have no resistance to Zaft's orbital landing operation. And it is very likely that the connection between the Earth itself and the lunar base will be further severed!

Of course, for the current Archangels, these issues are not their turn to worry about... Aside from the "Umbrella of Artemis", the closest supply base to this area is the Moon. But the length of the intermediate route is really worrying.

- The successful breakthrough from Heriopolis was largely due to Kirana's miraculous performance, and was also hindered by the colony satellite itself, which prevented the opposing warships from posing a direct threat to the Archangel.

Once in space, the Archangel will have to face two ships on its own... Or even more than two Zaft battleships pinched!

The situation is now very obvious, and even Bucky Lulu himself does not believe that the Archangel's journey to the lunar base will have a smooth ride.

Once caught by the other party, without cover like this one, it is impossible for them to escape from the other party's pursuit at all! I'm afraid it won't be more than half the way, and they will be wiped out.

"But we can't just stop here..."

Captain Maliu was also a little helpless... As she said, if you stop here and wait, if you are caught by the opponent's warship, it is very likely that you will fight near the wreckage of Heriopolis, which is undoubtedly extremely dangerous! Moreover, the materials they have now are already limited, even if they are not discovered by Zaft, they are afraid that they will be trapped alive in this endless space!

"Or... We can take a gamble. ”

At this moment, Captain Flagg, who was sitting in the gunner's position, suddenly smiled.

"Huh?"

"Anyway, sitting here and not moving is just waiting for death, so it's better to take advantage of the firepower you have now to fight!" This miracle-wrestling man danced with an innocent smile and gestured.

"We don't know where the other party is now, and of course the other party can't know where we are, if that's the case..."

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"To sum up, the only escape routes that 'Longfoot' may choose are to go to Artemis or the lunar base."

According to the information reported by the intelligence officer, there are indeed only these two ways for the other party to enter at present, and there should not be many people in the Earth Army who know about the fall of Artemis, once the other party chooses this route, it is equivalent to choosing a dead end.

Despite his fears, Krauser applied to Zaft proper, requesting that a warship be sent to wait in the direction of Artemis at once.

"So, is the only way to survive is the moon base?"

A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth, there were so many places to ambush on this long supply route. As long as it is properly arranged, the Moon Base will never want to see any fragment of the Archangel in this life!

"Telegraph Gamov and tell them to focus their search in the direction of the shadow of the wreckage on the lunar surface."

He gave the order leisurely, and then set his eyes back on the Celestial Map again.

Krauser was not the kind of commander who was accustomed to honestly waiting for encounters with the enemy. It was his habit to use all means to obtain a favorable combat position for our army, and it was his habit to order Gamov to go in the exact opposite direction to the moon's surface, precisely for the retreat of the Lord Archangel. Then, as long as the Fisa Wedge he was riding in could block in front of the opponent, it would be impossible for the opponent to escape from this bag battle.

Of course, he's looking forward to it...

"Interesting mobile suit, we'll meet again soon."

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"Decoy missile launch!"

Captain Maliu gave the order, and the crew members who had already entered a state of readiness also immediately carried out the order, and the high-heat decoy missile used to mislead the opponent's radar was fired into the infinite universe, and the weapon with no actual lethality pulled out a long tail in the darkness and quickly disappeared from people's field of vision.

However, unlike ordinary inducement operations, after launching the decoy missile, the Archangel did not immediately initiate the action of disengagement.

Rather, it's the opposite!

There was an eerie silence across the bridge, and they were all waiting, but few knew what they were waiting for.

On the other hand, the heat generated by the launch of the decoy missile has also been perfectly captured by the Zaft army.

"Capture a huge heat source! The way forward... Artmis! ”

This signal did not surprise Krauser at all, and the other party had already learned the information that Artemis had been defeated, and it was obvious that this was just a decoy missile to confuse the public!

"Telegraph Gamov! Immediately correct the course and establish a simulated course from the thermal discovery to the lunar base. ”

"However, at least Gamow should be asked to determine the course of Artemis again..."

The captain was apprehensive about such a "decisive" judgment, starting with the attack on Heriopolis, and the commander, despite his surprising battlefield instincts, still made him feel a little uneasy about fighting like this.

"It's too late, we're going to catch them before 'Long Feet' leaves this cosmic domain completely!"

He turned his head and looked at the crew beside him again

"The whole ship, the engine is fully open, the target earth's lunar base, start!"

Whether it's "Long Feet", "Assault", or "Eagles of Antimion", this is destined to be your final voyage!